Dear Sirs,
I respectfully salute the contributors to the subject in question and the silent readers. I am glad we have a Minister in the house who is expected to help us make some policy changes for the common good. I salute the laudable opinion that multi-lingualism is an excellent option for survival in the andriod generation. I therefore, INSIST that my children should learn as many languages as they can in order to fit in but I hate deceit and colonialism in all its forms and especially the use of bilingualism in our context as a tool for the colonisation of the Southern Cameroons. So long as government continues to disregard the existence of the fraud that brought us together as a people and made it impossible for us to cohabit as equal, bilingualism and all other issues in statecraft will be an exercise in futility. I am not a prophet of doom but my children know that la republique du cameroun is sitting on Southern Cameroons and its resources and stifling its growth and sustainable development. A house divided cannot stand, we need to forge links of humanity not chains of slavery.
Southern Cameroons find itself held hostage by a country that has neither good governance for itself nor credible men in government who can face the reality which its citizens project for the good of the country and all its citizens. Southern Cameroons is caught in a cobweb which it MUST seek to redeem itself with the help of credible minds who know the truth of the illegal occupation and exploitation of the Southern Cameroons.
If you were to ask my opinion, I will say Southern Cameroons must go its way to practice its multi-lingualism and rebuild itself from the shackles of colonialism. Let us advise ourselves, with the words of an American sage that in the normal course of things, 'injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.'
On 25 February 2016 at 02:49, SAIDOU <sssnsule@yahoo.fr> wrote:
--Dear Mr MinisterGreetings from Yaounde.Your Excellency, in January 2016 I went to the Ministry of Public Service to find out why my advancement decision took more than 14 months at the PMs Office. The gentleman who received me, when I said 'good mornig sir, I have come to inquire about my advancement file', replied 'je ne comprends pas votre patois la'.This is 2016, we are in Cameroon, a supposedly bilingual country. How do you expect me to feel? Mark you, Your Excellency, I am not talking about NW#SW versus french Cameroon. I am talking about a Cameroon where we are told that we should feel Cameroonian. Did I address him in Lamso or in Bamoun? No.Below is a link to what I wrote in 2013, it still holds today. Official Bilingualism, Farce or reality?SAIDOU NCHOUAT SOULE
University of Yaounde I,
Yaounde, Cameroon
237 699 91 69 34
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De : "Atemkeng Denis denatem@yahoo.com [cameroon_politics]" <cameroon_politics@yahoogroups.com>
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Envoyé le : Jeudi 25 février 2016 7h52
Objet : [cameroon_politics] Re: Re :RE: CAMEROON BILINGUALISM: A MIGHTY FRAUD!
Dear Mr. Minister,My very warm and respectful greetings.You have dismissed this issue the way all Cameroun Francophones dismiss the charges of the illegal occupation of the Southern Cameroons by Republique du Cameroun. Fortunately, we are talking about the policies declared by your country, not by the Southern Cameroons. If La Republique du Cameroun had declared, in view of the apparent irrelevance of the topic, that Cameroun was not bilingual, who would have ever raised such an issue? But having so declared, should it not be held to its word and policy? And should the fraud involved in such a policy not be exposed? I have replied to Mr. Nkem Njicha, whose reaction to my article did not at all address why a country should adopt a bilingual policy or what the meaning of bilingualism is. And I ask anyone to show me another country in this world which practices the kind of "bilingualism" going on in Cameroon. Of course, I suppose we can say all those countries are stupid and Cameroun is Cameroun! And by the way, if language was so unimportant, why does La Republique not adopt English instead of French! I hear it is called "pays bilingue francophone"!We are Africans, but unfortunately, our Africanness contributes almost nothing to our modern states: the structure of the state, parliament, languages, judiciary, legislature, policy, etc. Ah, how sweet it is to hide our injustices under the carpet of our being all African! Of course, even twins from the same stomach need not share the same room or say because they are from one womb, they cannot speak different languages.A few days ago there was a stand-off in South Africa between Afrikaans speakers and other students who do not want Afrikaans to be used again as a teaching language in the university. Francophonie spends enormous sums to influence the use of French around the world. Parents insist on their children learning their native languages. Wars have erupted over language issues. All of this, I guess, is irrelevant?I do not expect someone who is suffering nothing to be in the shoes of those who are suffering the colonization and assimilation. Jesus said it all: "Do onto others what you would have done onto you"Regards,Denis.On Wednesday, February 24, 2016 8:12 PM, sanda oumarou <osandababuka@yahoo.fr> wrote:
Hello Mr Njicha and all;I Can't tell how relieved and rejoiced i am while reading your no nonsense reaction. You masterly said it all. Please let's stop engaging in such a wasteful exercice.A child should first identify himself with his/her parents, in my case both my mother and father did not speak french (i hail from Ngaoundéré).I wouldn't let anyone dismiss my sense of being truly an African CameroonianBrotherly esteemSanda OumarouFormer MinisterNgaoundéré
Le mer. j févr. PM à 17:03, FORCHEH, N. (Prof.)<FORCHEHN@mopipi.ub.bw> a écrit :Hi Denis,I am not sure why you choose to include me in this posting. Nevertheless, I have read the article. Sadly, the author has not signed, and it is not clear what the take home message is.Using Anglophone/Francophone to describe Cameroonians is akin to using the word negro to describe African Americans in the early part of the last century. After his first visit to Africa, the great comedian, Richard Pryor joked that he could not find a single negro among the hundreds of millions of people that he saw. I am sure, if we walk through Cameroon with similar lenses, we shall not see a single Anglophone or Francophone. Rather there are Bamileke, Nweh, Beti, Mbo, Bali, Basa, etc.As a language, English does not face any eminent dangers of extinction, neither in Cameroon nor anywhere else in the world – including China. Those who still wish to be identified by their slave masters need not fear. No government in Cameroon can close down the ever growing number of schools in which English is the only medium of instruction.Despite the pride that the Germans, French, and other European groups have for their languages, they all learn and speak English as their second language and you can take University degrees with instructions in English in many of these countries. Highly paid sports stars from golfers to tennis to Boxing to Formula I etc. learn English as their primary medium of communication – mainly for economic gains.Secondary Schools in the North West are increasing being dominated by Children from French Speaking Cameroonians, and if you spend time at internet Cafes in Buea, you could be forgiven for thinking that you are in a French speaking part of Cameroon.Anywise person would want to learn any language that would give them a relative advantage in life – especially if it was the language of your enemy!!.In the 1960s to the end of the last Millennium, Europeans learned Japanese and set up University faculties to study Japanese because of the trading relations with Japan that they had just defeated in a World War. Today, they have turned to Chinese, that they would rather despise as a communist anti-capitalist state.I happen to watch News on CRTV fairly regularly, and it intrigues me to note the extent to which all senior administrators across the country from Mayors to DOs, to Ministers try to speak in English when interviewed by English Journalists. Even the likes of Bouba Bello speak in fluent English these days. I have also had the opportunity to participate in many African region conferences and policy workshops, and it is very clear that if you wish to play a role in the continent then being able to speak at least two of English, French and Arabic are major advantages, and now Portuguese has been added. When I meet French speaking Cameroonians in these workshops, they are not interested in speaking in French, but rather to speak in English as a means of improving their English. They are refusing to be bound by colonial chains – even if they were made from Gold, and are embracing the reality that being multi-lingual is an unparallel advantage in today's competitive world. So if your Chi has given you a Country in which you can learn and practice these languages at relatively no cost – grab it with open arms – and go to church and thank Him for the opportunity.Any Cameroonian with ambitions of living and working beyond their village shall do very well to learn both English and French, and while at it add Arabic. Such are the Cameroonians who get international jobs, they are the ones who can work in any part of the country at a time when work is scarce. They are the young doctors who can be sent to any part of the country to attend to the sick and needy, or teach English in French dominated villages or teach French in English dominated environments.During the struggle for independence many Africanists warned against the folly of naming ourselves after our slave and colonial masters. The preached the benefits of grouping into countries that were large enough to be sustainable and not be susceptible to manipulations by the foreign interest groups. They preached the importance of fostering the cultural unity that we shared across colonial boundaries.Nkem NjichaFrom: Atemkeng Denis [mailto:denatem@yahoo.com]
Sent: 24 February 2016 10:48 AM
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Subject: CAMEROON BILINGUALISM: A MIGHTY FRAUD!Greetings to everyone.Please find attached en enlightening article on Cameroon bilingualism for your reading.Enjoy.Denis.__._,_.___
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